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My issue with the statue is Yoshi’s saddle/bump. It looks super painful seeing Mario sitting right on top of it. I know they’re being true to Yoshi’s current design, but in my mind that bump is saddle shaped or recedes when Mario is riding on Yoshi.

@Metazoxan That's what makes art 'Art'. It can be divisive. I can draw a stick figure and say it's Abraham Lincoln and I'm sure a lot of people will criticize it for being very lazy. It's bad, but it's still art.

Main point. 'Product' and 'Art' are not mutually exclusive.

Bleach is a product. Toilet paper is a product. Even tiny wooden sticks called 'Toothpicks' is a product. Are they engaging, immersive or go on to develop a status that's celebrated with others across the world? I don't think so.

Games can be BOTH art and a product. A piece of art is trying to illicit an emotional response that leaves you feeling fulfilled that you wouldn't get in your eveyday life. A product is just that. Something that you'll need for a moment and forget just as quickly.

Miyamoto's view that games are "not art" has always made certain Nintendo products mediocre. Super Mario Galaxy getting a sequel? Give it less of a story. More variety of toads? No, make them all the same. It's disappointing.

@LavaTwilight You see both sides of the argument and you agree with... neither? How do you disagree with one approach that wants to kill games and one that wishes to preserve them? Your solution that games shouldn't be built from the ground up to be "online only" really sounds like you agree with the side that wants companies to stop killing their games.

"there's a limit of one purchase per Nintendo account."

Well shoot. There goes my chance for a back up.

I voted that it should get some upgrades which pretty much means ensuring it can run without crashing every 30 minutes like it used to on my PS3. Game crashes hindered my experience A LOT on those games. Playing them on the PC with bug fixes via mod support was a game changer.

Can we remove it from the base?

Always disappointing that the one Castlevania game with a female lead is linked to the worst of the franchise. We wouldn't get another Castlevania title with a female lead for a whole 10 years with Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia and 13 years later I'm still waiting for another one. I know there's Charlotte from Portrait of Ruin but she had to share the spotlight.

@Deltarogue Steam Workshop has it.

No Pilotwings 64 'Birdman' flapping fix?

@YoshiAngemon Sony tried to prevent ripping CDs, but consumers were able to by-pass it by using a pen to mark the rims. It was that simple.

I ordered the 2-CD set. It's a bummer that the 'Mario Rap' is only on the small Vynil, but at least we got Peaches!

This Director's Cut uses Danny Elfman's score to Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes film from 2001. Fits pretty nicely. Certainly better than the generic music in the finished commercial.

RE2 > RE4

That's the real trick, right? RE4 is easily on my top 5 greatest games of all time's list, but it's not my favorite Resident Evil game. Resident Evil 2 for me is the pinnacle of what makes this franchise stand on it's own amongst the other zombie giants. The characters are memorable, the enemies are actually scary and the setting of Raccoon City has become a staple for the franchise across all the mediums. You can play Resident Evil 2 and not once confuse it with any other zombie series out there. It's that good.

Given how the Bayonetta is handled later in the game, no. I'm passing on it.

Well, count me as one of the rare ones who canceled their pre-orders. I love the talent that goes into making video games and Hellena was one of those types of talent who truly brought Bayonetta to life. Also, the creative director is a jerk.

Playing a pretty lady fighting other pretty ladies in order to... get back to her husband? Bleh! Forget the hubbie!

@Not_Soos "Bobby Kotick will continue to serve as CEO of Activision Blizzard"

But can I be a Lesbian like in Fire Emblem and Divinity?

@hitherehello Like Long Nintendo Fan here as well. 36 and I've played with them a lot lately.

So.... anyone have any 2x1 item that they'd being willing to lend out?

The new 4K transfer is a big deal on this one since the universal Blu-ray had a very lackluster transfer. I cannot wait to snag a copy.

Oh, how I wish they included the N64 version of Duke. Despite the censor ship issues, I dug it's re-worked level design and sprite changes.

@nintendobynature rbnsmth. All these years and I still remember that code.

One thing we all must remember is that just because Ganon may be truly gone in Breath of the Wild, it does not mean he's gone in the other time lines. This is just the timeline that finally managed to expunge him completely, which given what Ganon has turned into in Breath of the Wild I think is appropriate.

We can always go to another Zelda universe to fight Ganon again, but I also wouldn't mind moving forward with this time line and seeing what new possibilities there will be that have nothing to do with Ganon. Zelda games have done it successfully in the past, it can do it again.

Given how bad the Switch's wifi reception is, I don't think I'll be able to take full advantage of this system. Especially for it's "Always Online" approach to it's classic library.

It comes with Adam's helmet... Feet it to the dogs.

Try this one out for size.

The Magic of Scheherazade

I'm totally game for it. Hoping for the best, but preparing for disappointment.

@Locke159 How can adding an 'option' be bad? Nothing is taken away.

I actually played this game when it was still v0.9.7 on my Mac. While the remake of the 'Eight Pages' level is decent, it's the underground mine that scared the crap out of me. Large open spaces in the dark, and there's this 'kid' wearing a mask and a hoodie chasing after you. It may not sound very scary compared to Slendy, but trust me. Seeing this kid running towards you in a very long stretch hallway was enough to make me fee uncomfortable with the idea of playing that level ever again.

I heard that the Steam version which actually adds extra material is a pretty good improvement, and from what I see in this trailer, looks like that's the version we'll be getting.

I LOVED the added backgrounds, especially the ones that were animated. Wish I could get a plain gif of the ones with waterfalls in them.

Also, does anyone think it's strange that the main title theme for Super Mario Bros. 3 is a remix of the original Super Mario Bros. underwater music?

One of the earliest things I can remember when my sister played it was how Mario did cartwheels when he had Star Power. "Look at how he jumps!" It's those tiny things.

I was six years old when I got this game. I can still remember loving the previous Mario Brothers to death, but what made 3 special was one newly added mechanic. Mario could fly.

When you're six and you've always been used to being on the ground, having Mario fly was the closest thing to experiencing what flying was like. It was amazing.

How about binding games to an account rather than your system? I lost my 3DS that had the ambassador program on it and I had to literally beg Nintendo to put it back on my replacement 3DS. I had a ton of VC, DS and 3DS game downloads that I registered with club.nintendo, but I wasn't allowed to download them on my new 3DS that I had also registered through club.nintendo. I was so desperate to have my Ambassador program that I told them I didn't care about the rest. I'd be happy to buy them again if I could just get the Ambassador Program back. I was VERY thankful when they put it on my replacement 3DS, but at the same time I thought "why does it have to be like this?".

Amnesia 3D. Oooo.

I wish there was a "mix and match" home theme set up. Like you can have the background be Mario, the buttons be Zelda and the music be from Sonic.

Wait, I'm confused... I thought Termina was simply a whole different area of the world that Hyrule inhabited from Ocarina of Time. It's supposed to be another world/dimension entirely?

ALL OF THEM!

No, I'm serious. I get them all.

One of the things that stood out for me was the female chant heard in the game's opening menu. It was nice sounding and unfortunately set the mood for a game that completely lacked one.

Reason I bring this up is because when I played Borderlands 2 earlier this year for the first time, I heard the same exact chant during during an open area's background music, which means that not only was Turok Rage Wars being cheap by using outside assets, I can probably find it as well. Now I'm searching for that chant for no other reason than to use it for my own musical purposes!

Also, this was also released in an era where each Turok game also had a handheld port. Not only was Rage Wars better on the handheld, it actually contained a story!

Definitely paid more than the minimum. These tracks could easily fit on a soundtrack collection that could go for $25-$30 if not more.

nod nod nod

Blue Thunder.

I love how the ending implies that Gabe was going to announce Half-Life 3 on stage, but changed his mind while performing to officially cancel the game, leaving everyone, including the backup dancers in shock. Hehe. He cancels a game he hasn't even announced yet.

A great looking start. Hopefully not the last. While making original mario levels sounds great, I would LOVE the opportunity to create levels for other Mario games like Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World and even Super Mario Bros. 2 (Super Mario USA). I don't care if I have to get it via DLC.

I hope there's an option to make your levels look genuine without the blocky background. That sort of thing just takes away from the feeling that I've created a level for the original Mario game. And if they want to go the extra mile, give us the chance to make it look standard def, 4x3 and look like it's coming from a TV Tube. Sonic 3D on the 3DS gave us that option.

A game that I literally grew attached to. It was so unique.

Ugh. Giving Samus another male character to be emotionally confused and heartbroken over is the last thing I ever want to see in a Metroid game.

I prefer the SNES version. The sound design was good, the graphics a bit larger and, I'll be honest, that reveal of the palace once you make it on top of the roofs was an amazing reveal.

And honestly, Aladdin without the sword just fits his character better.

I, uh... My 3DS has the Mugen battery installed, so it won't fit.

I remember reading an article where Nintendo openly said they would not continue their business with Rare Ware and a short time later they were bought out by Microsoft. At first I was thinking "Well, Nintendo. Now they have the company that made some pretty outstanding titles for your systems." It was a grim outlook to be sure, especially after Rare released a teaser with Banjo, Conquer and Joanna Dark essentially worshipping the XboX.

Than they released actual games for the XboX. Sometimes Nintendo knows what it's doing.

Dang it. More "Shantae could have been a Nintendo Exclusive" articles.

I hope they include the option to change the control settings. I just couldn't get used to the controls on the DSi version.